In Re Arnold

T1 Pursuant to the Revised Uniform Certified of Questions of Law Act, 20 0.8.2001, §§ 1601 et seq., the Honorable TM. Weaver, Judge of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Oklahoma submitted this question: Under recent amendments to 31 0.8. Supp.2001, § 2, "may joint debtors who are married and living together on the same homestead property each claim 160 acres for a combined 820 acres as a homestead exemption pursuant to [the statute]?" We answer in the negative, as we find the amendments do not effect such a change in entitlement to exemptions. Where husband and…